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Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:45 am

anyone got a decent holder for a drink in an e30 without taking up loads of space
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:54 am

i'm making my own soon
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:33 am

I usually find the space between the door and seat a good place.
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:09 am

BMW suck at cupholders!
E30 - none
E39 - two front (fragile) two rear (always broken)
E46 - none in the front, touring has two in the rear centre armrest which are useless unless you're a rear seat passenger with anorexia.

An aftermarket drinks holder for the E30 would be great :)
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:13 am

FMH wrote:i'm making my own soon
How? :?
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:36 am

i want a drink holder and a centre arm rest
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:57 am

sihooker wrote:
FMH wrote:i'm making my own soon
How? :?
Something like this in the centre console:


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Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:01 am

Sorry, i cant seem to see any cup holders...too distracted! winkeye
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You can wedge a can of juice in the right hand corner in the space behind ashtray and below heater control panel - it works a treat and doesn't budge under hard cornering.
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:40 am

Cup holders - :gay:
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 1:14 pm

FMH wrote:
sihooker wrote:
FMH wrote:i'm making my own soon
How? :?
Something like this in the centre console:


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Sooner have something like that in the passenger seat winkeye ,I can spot at least two places a cup could be held very safely....
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FMH wrote:
sihooker wrote:
FMH wrote:i'm making my own soon
How? :?
Something like this in the centre console:


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Make me one too :wink:
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:39 pm

Buy bottles ? :?
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 3:48 pm

i find between the seat and handbrake works quite well or my girlfirend if its not too cold because then she just moans about it.
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 3:52 pm

FMH wrote:
sihooker wrote:
FMH wrote:i'm making my own soon
How? :?
Something like this in the centre console:


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I can see at least two cup holders in the pic winkeye
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joeyzassa wrote:
FMH wrote:
sihooker wrote: How? :?
Something like this in the centre console:


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I can see at least two cup holders in the pic winkeye
In the centre console?
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:18 pm

They look like gauges to me
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:37 pm

Not the best of pics, but the only one i can find.
Screwed to the top lid of the ashtray, and closes into a neat little box when not in use.
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Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:34 pm

Would it not get in the way with a drink in it when you go for 1st or 3rd?
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Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:09 am

As long as you select gears nice and smoothly, the holder does,nt present a problem.
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ImysE30 wrote:
FMH wrote:
sihooker wrote: How? :?
Something like this in the centre console:


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Make me one too :wink:
will do Immy, cut the holes and now waiting to get the whole centre console re-trimmed
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I might be wrong, but i've got the feeling that Im.y wasn't talking about drilling holes of the plastic kind! winkeye
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FMH wrote: will do Immy, cut the holes and now waiting to get the whole centre console re-trimmed
could you not have done it without the need to retrim the centre console by marking out the holes and making a series of cuts from the centre of the circle out to the circumfrence peeled the vinyl ? up and then cut out the hole and wrapped the vinyl round the underneath and glued it back on .. ? if you were putting some kind of trim ring round the top i think that would be more then adequate
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Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:01 am

just drink red bull. the cans wedge in the door pocket perfectly and don't spill of fall over. simples :D
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Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:17 pm

doesnt anyone have a pair of bolloxs and 2 thighs to rest the refreshing beverages between?
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Sat Oct 31, 2009 1:06 pm

fuzzy wrote:doesnt anyone have a pair of bolloxs and 2 thighs to rest the refreshing beverages between?
I do, but i,m fooked if im putting steaming hot coffee
anywhere near them. :eek:
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Morat wrote:BMW suck at cupholders!
E30 - none
E39 - two front (fragile) two rear (always broken)
E46 - none in the front, touring has two in the rear centre armrest which are useless unless you're a rear seat passenger with anorexia.

An aftermarket drinks holder for the E30 would be great :)
e46 has an option of cupholders in the console btween the seats,put them in my touring they are great.
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If you can get one from a left hand drive e46 the centre console bit fits quite well and comes with cup holders.

There was a thread on how to do it on here a little while ago,
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Thu Oct 07, 2010 12:20 pm

Problem solved!! Think outside of the holder and let the cup do the hard work - just drove 20miles, pretty hard with a boiling hot cup of coffee to sip along the way...

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This is OK...

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This works like a dream, especially if you angle the cup's opening at 9pm, not 6pm - work slike a charm..... :D
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Thu Oct 07, 2010 2:06 pm

You can get cheapo things from ebay that clip over the door card. Only good on the Mway though as they tend too fall off around corners!

Example:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAR-VAN-TRUCK-FOL ... 2309fcbae1
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Thu Oct 07, 2010 3:06 pm

FMH wrote: Something like this in the centre console:


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how are you doin' winkeye
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Thu Oct 07, 2010 4:22 pm

ones from a newish mondeo pop out of the centre console, im going to fit some of those to mine soon ish.
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Thu Oct 07, 2010 4:23 pm

d1mkaz wrote:
FMH wrote: Something like this in the centre console:


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how are you doin' winkeye
Just noticed the jug holders in the centre consul - i mean mug holders :D
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bobcat wrote:
Morat wrote:BMW suck at cupholders!
E30 - none
E39 - two front (fragile) two rear (always broken)
E46 - none in the front, touring has two in the rear centre armrest which are useless unless you're a rear seat passenger with anorexia.

An aftermarket drinks holder for the E30 would be great :)
e46 has an option of cupholders in the console btween the seats,put them in my touring they are great.
Ah, interesting. I've just found what you mean on REALOEM. Our car has the phone console which isn't very useful because the 10 year old motorola is carp.
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